Fairytale of New York?

RocketRaccoon

Just stemming from a post in the McGregor thread. Is it just a matter of time until the above song is edited as it is now offensive? I know ronan keating covered it a few years ago and changed the word.

Wanderer78

Oh ffs, don't tell me it's that time of year again!

Cina

Ya cheap lousy rabbit.

Hande hoche!

Thought Baby It’s Cold Outside was to be this year's problematic song?

marcbrophy

Of course it will!
Revisionism is the way forward :P

RocketRaccoon

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Thought Baby It’s Cold Outside was to be this year's problematic song?

Oh ya, sure that's all about the auld rape sure.

Wheety

Good luck getting Shane MacGowan to re-record that line.

WoollyRedHat

They should of banned Ronan Keating from singing that song outright....

Vronsky

Are they playing this in the shops already?

GBX

If they arent .. why not. Sure its nearly Christmas !

Wanderer78

GBX wrote:

If they arent .. why not. Sure its nearly Christmas !

Some have been saying that since Stephens day!

Permabear

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c_man

I'm sure Buzzfeed and The Guardian will milk it for a few articles.

In addition, Chris Rea is off the list owing to driving's environmental impact. He could have easily stayed home and skyped his parents/family, or taken public transport.

retro:electro

I hate this song with an inherent passion. It literally fills me with rage.

RocketRaccoon

anna080 wrote: »

I hate this song with an inherent passion. It literally fills me with rage.

Is that because of the word ******?

retro:electro

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Is that because of the word ******?

Nope

The_Valeyard

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Is that because of the word ******?

No, she is drunk at the time its played.

retro:electro

The_Valeyard wrote: »

No, she is drunk at the time its played.

True

brevity

Cina wrote: »

Ya cheap lousy rabbit.

Rampant rabbit?

marcbrophy

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Is that because of the word ******?

What word?

Did you put stars or does boards actually censor that word? :eek:

RocketRaccoon

marcbrophy wrote: »

What word?

Did you put stars or does boards actually censor that word? :eek:

I certainly did not put the stars in

AlanG

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Just stemming from a post in the McGregor thread. Is it just a matter of time until the above song is edited as it is now offensive? I know ronan keating covered it a few years ago and changed the word.

Probably will - for some reason a fictional character using an offensive word in a song is not as accepted as one using it on TV or in a book. Lots of Shakespeare should be banned and most of The Wire dialogue bleeped out if other art forms were treated the same. It is an offensive word but the character in the song is not supposed to be Miss. Nice.

MarkR

Smoking cigarrettes in the video. Down with that sort of thing.

GLaDOS

The anti-PC christmas song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14mPAZkJvd4

razorblunt

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Oh ya, sure that's all about the auld rape sure.

Wait until they realise "Let It Snow x3" is based on the same premise!

Hande hoche!

MarkR wrote: »

Smoking cigarrettes in the video. Down with that sort of thing.

Outrage over fags.

Exclamation Marc

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

They should of banned Ronan Keating from singing that song outright....

Fixed your post.

Ralf and Florian

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Thought Baby It’s Cold Outside was to be this year's problematic song?

Louise O Neill was complaining about that last year saying it promoted rape. I'm sure she'll find something new to get offended about this Christmas.

Hande hoche!

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Louise O Neill was complaining about that last year saying it promoted rape. I'm sure she'll find something new to get offended about this Christmas.

Thanks, I stand corrected. As you say, something else will take its place.

WoollyRedHat

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Fixed your post.

(Merry Christmas) May all your wishes come true.

WinnyThePoo

Pretty sure the radio version has had that word out for years.

jacksie66

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optogirl

I doubt it because the people in this song are characters.

kunst nugget

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Is that because of the word ******?

I'd imagine it's because it has become the seemingly only acceptable Christmas song for our radio stations because of its tenuous, national soccer team like, Irish connection so it ends up being played every hour on the hour for the month of December (and half of November) with an obligatory 'Ah, isn't that great to hear again…' sigh of contentment from whatever prick is just after playing it. It reaches Guantanamo Bay levels of repetitive noise torture.

It's up there with that fooking Barry's Tea 'Well, doesn't that beat Banagher' ad.

Outlaw Pete

I'm suing you for starting a thread based on one of my posts. Plagiarist!

elperello

kunst nugget wrote: »

I'd imagine it's because it has become the seemingly only acceptable Christmas song for our radio stations because of its tenuous, national soccer team like, Irish connection so it ends up being played every hour on the hour for the month of December (and half of November) with an obligatory 'Ah, isn't that great to hear again…' sigh of contentment from whatever prick is just after playing it. It reaches Guantanamo Bay levels of repetitive noise torture.

It's up there with that fooking Barry's Tea 'Well, doesn't that beat Banagher' ad.

Banagher is a grand place.

sligojoek

The BBC censored it back in the naughties. They reversed the decision after the Pogues gay guitarist Philip Chevron said it wasn't offensive to him or other gays

Wheety

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

They should of banned Ronan Keating from singing that song outright....

*should have

RobbingBandit

Happy holidays.

elperello

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fag1.htm

seamus

And you're a bum, you're a punk. You're an aul hoor on junk.

Lying der on de drip, nearly dead in de bed....

Ye scumbag, ye maggot. Ye cheap, lousy ******. Happy Christmas me arse, oh I'd rather be dead.

And de buys from de enn-why-pee-dee choir were singin'. Galway Baayy.....

The_Valeyard

jacksie66 wrote: »

I don't see how these cause offence..

Well,

Put them standing up, add an axe to the middle and you have Fascist Italy.

The_Valeyard

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Louise O Neill was complaining about that last year saying it promoted rape. I'm sure she'll find something new to get offended about this Christmas.

Santas use of the words 'Ho, Ho, Ho'

Puts women down.

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We need something rhyming with maggot which is offensive. Let me suggest craggot.

Definition. As if someone is from craggy island (see Fr Jack) . Synonym: Stupid. Alcoholic. Dumb. Drunken Irishman (offensive). More often than not used for drunken Irishmen in a drunk tank, partic. on Christmas Eve.

Omackeral

anna080 wrote: »

I hate this song with an inherent passion. It literally fills me with rage.

I hate it too but what I hate more is the fact that everyone else seems to love it.

Cordell

Listening to it at the moment. Great tune.
Lights already up in Limerick.
I've had my first mince pie 2 weeks ago.
Just 7 weeks until Christmas!!!!

Permabear

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valoren

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

They should of banned Ronan Keating from singing that song outright....

I remember Bill Bailey on QI saying the someone posted a comment on youtube of the video for this that said "This is the worst thing that has ever happened". :pac:

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Permabear wrote: »

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Your beloved America is leading the way on modern de facto censorship. And of course, it banned books in its day.

topper75

The NYPD choir.

No such thing lads!!!! I mean absolutely never existed - like ever. Much less sang Galway Bay.

I know. I've ruined Christmas for all the children out there, progressive and otherwise.

Cordell

I know that they were some sort of amateur march band playing something else and they slowed down the footage to match the expected tempo. But they were NYPD. Right?